Eagles Fall to No. 34 Washington, Defeat Seattle University

Jan 10, 2009

Jan. 10, 2009

In an eventful day in Seattle, Wash., the Eastern Washington University fell to one of the top squads in the country before defeating a team playing its first match in six years. After falling to No. 34 Washington on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 10) by a 7-0 score, the Eagles responded by dispatching Seattle University 7-0 in the evening in that school's first contest since 2002.

Both matches were one sided, as the Huskies (1-0) swept all six singles matches in two sets apiece, and the Eagles (1-1) did the same to Seattle University (0-1). In the Washington contest, Eastern's No. 1 doubles team of Kyle Schraeder and Nico Riego de Dios took the Husky duo of Martin Kildahl and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan deep into their match before finally falling by an 8-5 score.

Against Seattle University, the six Eastern singles players combined to outscore their opponents by a 72-11 count. Three Eagles allowed just one game in their wins: Art Karas, Kenneth Norling and Daniel Pez.

Eastern Washington is back in action next week with a pair of road matches, facing No. 66 Utah at 4 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday (Jan. 16) and Utah State at 9 a.m. next Saturday (Jan. 17). The Utes will open their 2009 campaign against Eastern, while the Aggies will face BYU in its season lidlifter the night before welcoming the Eagles. Eastern Washington vs WashingtonJan 10, 2009 at Seattle, Wash.#34 Washington 7, Eastern Washington 0